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Ep 1211: The Tillage Podcast - Looking for big yields in super weather

On this week’s podcast we look at the Crop protection magazine which is free inside this week’s paper. We chat to Dr Tom McCabe of UCD on how crops are looking, yield potential and disease control. We have a round up on crops across the country from our Accompany the Agronomist series and have the grain trends and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science.

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